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Three nights of Eurovision shows, four days of travelling, a reminder about just how great the Schengen Agreement is, but now it’s time for Luke Fisher and I to leave Budapest, catch our flights home, and record one last podcast.
Last night was the final heat of A Dal in Hungary, and we were both in the MTV studios for the show while everyone else around Europe watched… something else.
And with no National Show tonight, we decided to run down the songs already selected for Eurovision to talk about their chances.
Mind you, I’m doing it all again next week to take in the final heat of Melodifestivalen!
Eurovision Insight Podcast: The End Of The Road Trip
Our final podcast of the trip through German, Austria, and Hungary. Ewan Spence and Luke Fisher (escXtra) look back on A Dal 2013, and offer some thoughts on the 16 songs already selected for Eurovision 2013.
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Thanks Ewan and Luke, these podcasts have been great.
I’ve always wanted to see Eesti Laul in person, but wouldn’t even know where to start with understanding Estonian. So I’d probably stick with something safe like Germany, if they keep with the MF-lite idea next year.
Thanks guys, the podcasts are always great entertainment.
No worries Ben, glad we’re appreciated. This seemed such a good opportunity to document something that was a) different and b) something people could think about doing themselves next year!
Peter, if you’ve made the decision to do one of them next year, then you are half way there. Just look around your local airport’s destinations (Wikipedia is good for that), so if any of those countries have finals you like, and price up the flight + hotel + ticket and go for it!
Where did you get tickets so easily, though? I figured you must have had press accreditation or something.
Tickets go on general sale with lots of notice, although we did have some help with A Dal from the Hungarian delegation!
I must admit, I am really liking Slovenia this year. I can see exactly where people are coming from when they say it builds us up to so much and then it goes a bit limp at the chorus, and that was my first instinct too.
(Side note: I always make a point of remembering my first instinct, because that’s what everyone else will be going on, come Malmo. I think some people forget that you can’t predict how well an entry will do based on how much its grown on you over the 4 months you’ve been listening to it!)
But, I have to admit I admire the simplicity of this entry. I do enjoy these big hands in the air Europop songs to a certain extent, otherwise half of us wouldn’t be here, but how many of us are still regularly listening to Euroband’s This Is My Life or Kati Wolf’s What About My Dreams? Once their life span and purpose of “perform this in a huge show” has been fulfilled, these huge songs tend to fall by the wayside and represent little more than a fond memory…
But Straight Into Love is understated and easier to listen to in such a way that it really could stand the test of time. I at least feel like it will be doing so on my iPod! Food for thought…
Although unsuccessful, “Probka” was brilliant. It’s a shame to hear it listed in such ignoble company.
I’m not getting any poetic or mysterious vibe from the Icelandic verses of “Eg a Lif” to suggest that English wouldn’t be beneficial, a la “L’Amore E Femmina.” But since the song doesn’t do much for me anyway, I’m no judge of what works about it.
“Straight Into Love” has a good melody and performer. Fixing the arrangement should be a doddle if they get good advice.